We need to help ourselves to help others. This means we need to work on our heart, souls, families to be of greater use to the Ummah. The Ummah is suffering today because of us all - we're all responsible because we have all become selfish and always put our needs first. Yes we need to take care of number one but we need to become more proactive. Dua and ibaadah are our weapon, dhikr is our shield but being proactive is obligatory as well - not just in politics, law, media but actually doing something physically to help our oppressed Ummah who should be free like us. Let's make dua that Allah truly makes us proactive and useful humans!